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CICR - Do I need to replace the consumer unit?
Chunkymagic
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I rent out my mother's house and it's maintained through a letting agency. The CICR is now due and I've been told that it has failed as the consumer unit is plastic and doesn't comply with the new building regulations. It's working fine so given that it was installed before the changes to the building regulations, do I have to replace it? My own house has a plastic consumer unit installed in 2016 and I wouldn't expect to replace this until it fails so shouldn't expect to have to replace the one in the rental property when it's working as it should. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Plastic CU alone should not make the report "Unsatisfactory". It should be listed as C3 recommendation for improvement which are allowed on an overall satisfactory report.
And it is EICR btw.2 -
What do you mean by 'failed'? As anselld says, it should be a C3 - is it?For an electrician's response, post here
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Plastic CU in an escape route could well be a C2.anselld said:Plastic CU alone should not make the report "Unsatisfactory". It should be listed as C3 recommendation for improvement which are allowed on an overall satisfactory report.
And it is EICR btw.
Electricians vary on how they rate this.0
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